Ted Hutman, PhD
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Research

Dr. Hutman's research interests include social-emotional and social-cognitive development, autism, and parenting. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, Journal of Autism & Developmental Disabilities and Journal of Development & Behavioral Pediatrics. 

Specialty Topics

Mother Child Interactions
Empathy
Onset of ASD During Infancy
School-Age Siblings of Children with Autism
Children with Autism
Adults with Autism
Broader Autism Phenotype
Genetics of Autism

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Recommended Reading

There are several influential and informative books that Dr. Hutman recommends to his families. Contact us to find out more.

Publications by Topic

Mother-Child Interactions & Social Learning

Hutman, T., Siller, M., & Sigman, M., Mothers’ narratives about their child with autism predict maternal synchronous behavior during play, Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 50(10), 1255-1263, 2009.

Hutman, T., Harrop, C., Baker, E., Elder, L., Abood, K., Soares, A., & Jeste, S.S., (2016).  Joint Engagement Modulates Object Discrimination in Toddlers: A Pilot Electrophysiological Investigation.  Social Neuroscience 11:5, 525-530.

Siller, M., Hutman, T., & Sigman, M., A Parent-Mediated Intervention to Increase Responsive Behaviors and Child Communication in Children with ASD: A Randomized Clinical Trail, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013, 43 (3):  540-555.

Siller, M., Swanson, M., Gerber, A., Hutman, T., & Sigman, M., A Parent-mediated Intervention that Targets Responsive Parental Behaviors Increases Attachment Behaviors in Children with ASD: Secondary Analyses From A Randomized Clinical Trial, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, July 2014, (44) 7, 1720-1732.

Abels, M. & Hutman, T., Infants’ Behavioral Styles in Joint Attention Situations and Parents’ Socio-economic Status.  Infant Behavior & Development, 2015, 40, 139-150.

Empathy

Hutman, T. & Dapretto, M. The Emergence of Empathy During Infancy, Cognition Brain, Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 13 (4), 367-390, 2009.

Hutman, T., Rozga, A., De Laurentis, A.D., Barnwell, J.M., Sugar, C., & Sigman, M., Response to Distress in Infants at Risk for Autism:  A Prospective Longitudinal Study, Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 2010 Sep; 51(9), 1010-1020.

Hutman, T., Rozga, A., DeLaurentis, A.D., Sigman, M., & Dapretto, M., Pre-Empathic Behaviors are Associated with Language Skills, Infant Behavior & Development, 2012, 35 (3), 561-569.

The Onset of ASD During Infancy

Ozonoff, S., Young, G.S., Steinfeld, M.B., Hill, M.M., Cook, I., Hutman, T., Macari, S., Rogers, S.J., Sigman, M., How Early Do Parent Concerns Predict Later Autism Diagnosis? Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 30(5), 2009.

Ozonoff, S., Iosif, A.-M., Baguio, F., Cook, I.C., Hill, M.M., Hutman, T., Rogers, S.J., Rozga, A., Sangha, S., Sigman, M., Steinfeld, M.B., and Young, G.S., A Prospective Study of the Emergence of Early Behavioral Signs of Autism, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010 Mar;49(3):208-9.

Christensen, L., Hutman, T., Rozga, A., Young, G.S., Ozonoff, S., Rogers, S.J., & Sigman, M., Play Trajectories in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010 Aug; 40(8), 946-957.

Schwichtenberg, A. J., Young, G.S., Sigman, M., Hutman, T., & Ozonoff, S., Can Family Affectedness Inform Infant Sibling Outcomes of Autism Spectrum Disorders? Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 2010 Sep; 51(9), 1021-1030.

Rozga, A., Hutman, T., Young, G.S., Rogers, S.J., Ozonoff, S., & Sigman, M., Identifying Autism and the Broader Autism Phenotype in the First Year of Life: Contribution of Measures of Mother-Infant Interaction and Nonverbal Communication, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities,2011 Mar; 41(3), 287-301.

Ozonoff, S., Young, G.S., Carter, A., Messinger, D., Yirmiya, N. Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Carver, L.J., Constantino, J., Dobkins, K., Hutman, T., Iverson, J., Landa, R., Rogers, S.J., Sigman, M., & Stone, W., Recurrence Risk in Younger Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A BSRC Study, Pediatrics, 2011 Sept; 128 (3), 488-495.

Young, G.S., Rogers, S. J., Hutman, T., Ozonoff, S., Rozga, A., & Sigman, M., Imitation in autism from 12 to 24 months: A longitudinal study using a random coefficient multilevel Rasch measurement model, Developmental Psychology, 2011 Nov;47(6):1565-78.

Hutman, T., Chela, M., Gillespie-Lynch, K., & Sigman, M., Selective Visual Attention at Twelve Months:  Signs of Autism in Early Social Interaction, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012, 42 (4):  487-498.

Navab, A., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Johnson, S.P., Sigman, M., & Hutman, T., Eye Tracking as a Measure of Responsiveness to Joint Attention in Infants at Risk for Autism, Infancy, 2012 Jul/Aug, 17 (4), 416-431.

Schwichtenberg, A.J., Young, G.S., Hutman, T., Iosif, A.-M., Sigman, M., Rogers, S.J., & Ozonoff, S., Behavior and Sleep Problems in Children with a Family History of Autism, Autism Research, June 2013, 6 (3): 169-176.

Hutman, T.  From attention to interaction:  the emergence of autism during infancy, Biological Psychiatry, 2013; 74: 162-163.

Del Rosario, M., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Johnson, S.P., Sigman, M., Hutman, T., Parent-reported Temperament Trajectories among Infant Siblings of Children with Autism, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014, 44 (2): 381-393.

Zwaigenbaum, L., Young, G., Stone, W., Dobkins, K., Ozonoff, S., Brian, J., Bryson, S.E., Carver, L., Hutman, T., Iverson, J.M., Landa, R.J., Messinger, D. Early Head Growth in Infants at Risk of Autism: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Oct 2014, (53) 10, 1053–1062.

Miller, M., Young, G.S., Hutman, T., Johnson, S.P., Schwichtenberg, A.J., Ozonoff, S., Pragmatic language difficulties in siblings of children with autism: Early predictors and concurrent associations with behavior problems. J Child Psychology and Psychiatry.  In press.

Chawarska, K, Shic, F., Macari, S., Campbell, D., Brian, J., Landa, R., Hutman, T., Nelson, C. A., Ozonoff, S., Tager-Flusberg, H., Young, G. S., Zwaigenbaum, L., Klin, A., Johnson, S., Bryson, S. "18-month predictors of later outcome in younger siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. A BSRC study.” Jrnl Am Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53 (12), December 2014, 1317–1327.

Messinger, D., Young, G.S., Webb, S.J., Ozonoff, S., Bryson, S., Carter, A., Carver, L.J., Charman, T., Chawarska, K., Curtin, S., Dobkins, K., Hutman, T., Iverson, J.M., Landa, R., Nelson, C.A., Stone, W.L., Tager-Flusberg, H., Zwaigenbaum, L., Early sex differences are not autism-specific: a Baby Siblings Research Consortium study.  Molecular Autism, 2015, 6 (32).

School-Age Siblings of Children with Autism

Gillespie-Lynch, K., Khalulyan, A., del Rosario, M., McCarthy, B., Gomez, L., Sigman, M., & Hutman, T.  Is Early Joint Attention Associated with School Age Pragmatic Language Among Infant Siblings of Children with Autism and Low-Risk Controls?  Autism, Feb 2015, (19), 2168-177

Miller, M., Iosif, A.-M., Young, G.S., Hill, M., Hanzel, E., 
Hutman, T., Johnson, S., & Ozonoff, S., School-age outcomes of infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 2016, 9, 632–642.

Tsang, T., Gillespie-Lynch, K., & Hutman, T., Theory of Mind Indexes the Broader Autism Phenotype in Siblings of Children with Autism at School Age.  Autism Research & Treatment Volume 2016 (2016).


Children with Autism

Gillespie-Lynch, K., Elias, R., Escudero, P., Hutman, T.,  & Johnson, S.P., Atypical Gaze Following in Autism: A Comparison of Three Potential Mechanisms, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013, 43 (12): 2779-2792.

Siller, M., Reyes, N., Hotez, E., Hutman, T., & Sigman, M., Longitudinal Change in the Use of Services in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding the Role of Child Characteristics, Family Demographics, and Parent Cognitions, Autism, May 2014, 18 (4), 433-446.

Adults with Autism

Gillespie-Lynch, K., Sepeta, L., Gomez, L., Marshall, S., Wang, Y., Sigman, M., & Hutman, T., Early Childhood Predictors of the Social Competence of Autistic Adults, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012, 42 (2): 161-174.

Kapp, S. K., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Sherman, L. E., & Hutman, T. Deficit, Difference, or Both? Autism and Neurodiversity. Developmental Psychology, 2013, 49 (1), 59-71

Gillespie-Lynch, K., Kapp, S., Shane-Simpson, C., Smith, D., & Hutman, T., Intersections between the Autism Spectrum and the Internet: Perceived Benefits and Preferred Functions of Computer-Mediated Communication. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Dec 2014, (52) 6, 456-469 

Broader Autism Phenotype

Messinger, D., Young, G.S., Ozonoff, S., Dobkins, K., Carter, A., Zwaigenbaum, L., Landa, R.J., Charman, T., Stone, W.L., Constantino, J.N., Hutman, T., Carver, L.J., Bryson, S., Iverson, J.M., Strauss, M., Rogers, S.J., & Sigman, M., Beyond ASD:  A BSRC study of High-Risk Siblings at Three Years of Age, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013, 52 (3): 300-308.e1.

Ozonoff, S., Young, G.S., Belding, A., Hill, M., Hill, A., Hutman, T., Johnson, S., Miller, M., Rogers, S.J., Schwichtenberg, A.J., Steinfeld, M., Iosif, A.-M., The Broader Autism Phenotype in Infancy:  When Does it Emerge?, Jrnl Am Academy Ch and Adol Psychiatry, 2014, 53 (4): 398-407.

Genetics of Autism

Wang, K., Zhang, H. Ma, D., Bucan, M., Glessner, J.T., Abrahams, B.S., Salyakina, D., Imielinski, M., Bradfield, J.P., Sleiman, P.M.A., Kim, C.E., Hou, C., Frackelton, E., Chiavacci, R., Takahashi, N., Sakurai, T., Rappaport, E., Lajonchere, E.M., Munson, J., Estes, A., Korvatska, O., Piven, J., Sonnenblick, L.I., Alvarez-Retuerto, A.I., Herman, E.I., Dong, H., Hutman, T., Sigman, M., Ozonoff, S., Klin, A., Owley, T., Sweeney, J.A., Brune, C.W., Cantor, R.M., Bernier, R., Gilbert, J.R., Cuccaro, M.L., McMahon, W.M., Miller, J., State, M.W., Wassink, T.H., Coon, H., Levy, S.E., Schultz, R.T., Nurnberger, J.I., Haines, J.L., Sutcliffe, J.S., Cook, W.H., Minshew, N.J., Buxbaum, J.D., Dawson, G., Grant, S.F.A., Geschwind, D.H., Pericak-Vance, M.A., Schellenberg G.D., & Hakonarson, H. (2009). Common genetic variants on 5p14.1 associate with autism spectrum disorders. Nature, 459, 528-533 (May 28, 2009).

Bucan, M., Abrahams, B.S., Wang, K., Glessner, J., Herman, E.I., Sonnenblick, L.I., Alvarez-Reteuro, A.I., Imielinski, M., Hadley, D., Bradfield, J.P., Kim, C., Gidaya, N.B., Yurcaba, L., Hutman, T., Sigman, M., Lajonchere, C., Kustanovich, V., Singleton, A., Kim, J., Li, M., Cantor, R.M., Grant, S.F.A., Geschwind, D.H., Hakonarson, H., Genome-wide analysis of exonic deletions identify novel autism susceptibility genes, PLoS Genetics, 5(6), 1-12, June 26, 2009.


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